Well, I'm not too happy with Depakote. I have to be up and at em at 5:30 AM, and that's not possible with Depakote. I'm wobbly on my feet, and my wrists are weak which makes it difficult (all 3 side effects) to get my child to school on time. My morning consists of getting up at 5:30 in order to make my husband coffee, and then getting my son up at 5:50. I don't think sleeping in until 5:50 would make that big of a difference. My hands feel like they're gong to slip off the steering wheel when I make a turn. I have to come home and take a nap, which makes it difficult to parent my OTHER child. He's a 20 year old Down syndrome adult. Admittedly, he doesn't need a lot of parenting, but he needs a little. I find it difficult to type when my wrists jerk around.
I'm going to try to take my 3rd dose at 3:00 pm, instead of supper time and see if that eliminates the nightly migraine. My neurologist has prescribed Maxalt for when I do get a migraine. In the mean time, because we refinanced and were able to add $126 a month to our budget, we're going to absorb it into the groceries. We're going to eat better, more vegetables. I'm going grocery shopping today. I used to be on a vegan diet. I'm not going vegan again, it' just too difficult in today's society, but I am going to cut back on the meat. We're going to only have a meat mean 3 times a weak, cut back on dairy, add more rice dishes, etc. I'll keep this blog informed.
Lori Ann Smith
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